Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications

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Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications
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The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

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Copyright and patent laws need to die.

5 years protection should be the limit. If you can't make back costs and get a tidy sum in 5 years, you fucked up. Especially as most sales are within the first few months

Nah. I think if you can't defend your own secrets, you shouldn't have taxpayer resources to do it for you.